CinisterCee said:

That song always sounds like an odd cousin of Purple Rain to my ears.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

heybaby said:

On their Happy Holidays To You album it's titled This Christmas, if that's the tune you meant.

They do a good job.
But that's one of those tunes that was done so well by Mr. Hathaway, it's almost untouchable.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

Speaking of the Whispers,their 1979 Christmas album 'Happy Holidays To You' is one of my favorites.In about a week,I'm gonna take it out and play it ALOT during this Christmas season.

The Christmas spirit hits me early each year. Don't tell nobody else, but I've been listening to the tunes for over a month now. I cannot help it, and my bf does his best not to get annoyed. And though she's batty as all hell and makes crap music lately, I think Mariah's All I Want for Christmas Is You is probably the ONLY classic holiday tune to be made in the last decade.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I completely agree. Do you like the Planet Rock remix too?

CinisterCee said:

I've not heard it, but I don't know how I'd feel about a Planet Rock remix of a Christmas tune.

I feel like Scrooge reading about all these cheerful holiday selections that I just can't get into.

Here's another comp I have that's cool. Sorry that it's so big, I couldn't find a pic that wasn't teenie-weenie.

Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses!

"Bah, humbug!" No, that's too strong
'Cause it is my favorite holiday
But all this year's been a busy blur
Don't think I have the energy

To add to my already mad rush
Just 'cause it's 'tis the season.
The perfect gift for me would be
Completions and connections left from

Last year, ski shop,
Encounter, most interesting.
Had his number but never the time
Most of '81 passed along those lines.

So deck those halls, trim those trees
Raise up cups of Christmas cheer,
I just need to catch my breath,
Christmas by myself this year.

Calendar picture, frozen landscape,
Chilled this room for twenty-four days,
Evergreens, sparkling snow
Get this winter over with!

Flashback to springtime, saw him again,
Would've been good to go for lunch,
Couldn't agree when we were both free,
We tried, we said we'd keep in touch.

Didn't, of course, 'til summertime,
Out to the beach to his boat could I join him?
No, this time it was me,
Sunburn in the third degree.

Now the calendar's just one page
And, of course, I am excited
Tonight's the night, but I've set my mind
Not to do too much about it.

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
But I think I'll miss this one this year.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
But I think I'll miss this one this year.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
But I think I'll miss this one this year.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
But I think I'll miss this one this year.

Hardly dashing through the snow
Cause I bundled up too tight
Last minute have-to-do's
A few cards a few calls
'Cause it's r-s-v-p
No thanks, no party lights
It's Christmas Eve, gonna relax
Turned down all of my invites.

Last fall I had a night to myself,
Same guy called, halloween party,
Waited all night for him to show,
This time his car wouldn't go,

Forget it, it's cold, it's getting late,
Trudge on home to celebrate
In a quiet way, unwind
Doing Christmas right this time.

A&P has provided me
With the world's smallest turkey
Already in the oven, nice and hot
Oh damn! Guess what I forgot?

So on with the boots, back out in the snow
To the only all-night grocery,
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
In the line is that guy I've been chasing all year!

"I'm spending this one alone," he said.
"Need a break; this year's been crazy."
I said, "Me too, but why are you?
You mean you forgot cranberries too?"

Then suddenly we laughed and laughed
Caught on to what was happening
That Christmas magic's brought this tale
To a very happy ending! "

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Couldn't miss this one this year!
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Couldn't miss this one this year!

Written by Chris Butler
(c) 1981 Future Fossil Music, BMI

BinaryJustin said:

How this song didn't make it onto the New Wave Xmas CD, I'll never understand.

sextonseven said:

ditto. The Waitresses are on my disc I started the thread with.


That Edge of Christmas compilation looks hot, sextonseven!

am i the only one with the Christmas album that Alexander O'Neal did?

CinisterCee said:

I discovered it last year. I did a search on amazon.com for "Christmas Wrapping" and that comp came up. I saw Cocteau Twins and Kate Bush and I was immediately sold.

Before last year, the only verison of "Christmas Wrapping" I owned was the remake by Spice Girls
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missfee said:

i don't have it but my aunt does. she loves alexander o'neil. she likes that song "sleigh ride." its a good cd.

"It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on"

Does anyone have the Yulesville promo LP from 1987 on Sire Records?



Side A

01. Edd "Kookie" Byrnes - Yulesville (2:01)
02. George Harrison - Christmas ID (0:07)
03. Aztec Camera - hot club of christ (1:44)
04. Depeche Mode - Christmas ID #1 (0:07) / Happy Holidays #2 (0:06)
05. Erasure - Silent night / Erasure Christmas (0.51)
06. 54.40 - Christmas ID #1 (0:25) / Christmas ID #2 (0:09) - Christmastime (4:37)
07. Julie Brown - my night before Christmas (2:12)
08. Book of Love - we three kings (3:16)
09. Ramones - Christmas ID (0:45) / Merry Christmas (I don´t want to fight tonight) (2:03)
10. Brian Wilson - Christmas ID #1 (0:10) / Christmas ID #2 (0:25)
11. Pretenders - 2000 Miles (3:30)

Side B

01. Madonna - Christmas ID (0:19)
02. The Winans - the real meaning of Christmas (4:40)
03. Siedah Garrett - Christmas ID (0:08)
04. Bee Gees - Christmas ID (0:11)
05. Force M.D.´s - Christmas ID (0:04) / I´m gettin´nothin´for Christmas (1:38)
06. Ice-T - holiday rap (0:59)
07. Sherrick- Christmas ID (0:08)
08. New Monkees - what I want (for Christmas) (3:00)
09. Fleetwood Mac - Christmas ID #1 (0:07) / Christmas ID #2 (0:08)
10. Randy Travis - Christmas ID (0:05) / white Christmas makes me blue (3:25)
11. Los Lobos - the Christmas song (2:40) / Christmas ID (0:05)

I don't have it, but it looks like it's a pretty cool comp. I'm drooling over that cover of "We Three Kings" by Book Of Love. It's the only song by them that I don't have.

Well, I was trying to avoiding playing X-mas music b/c it reminds me of damn snow. Shit, the word snow is bad news where I am from b/c we have been lucky not to have some snowfall.

Unfortunately, my Yahoo Launchcast Player has been subjecting to X-mas music. So far, I have been listening to The Charlie Brown Christmas Album, Enya, and RiverTribe, and Prince- Another Lonely Christmas.

GooeyTheHamster said:

oh man, that song kills me everytime

sextonseven said:

"he-e-e-y... this is Stevie Nicks *sniff* Meh-h-h-hry Christmas"

For some reason it's hard for me to get into artists that I like singing Christmas music....except for maybe No Doubt's "Oi to the World" and a couple of others... (like motown Christmas) And I'm not a huge jazz fan, but I love Christmas jazz and instrumental Christmas music.

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vainandy said:

Those are some of the few Christmas songs that I like.

I absolutely LOVE the song "Sleigh Ride". That would definately be a jam to add to my collection but I don't want to buy the whole album just to get that song. I wish it were released on a compilation. I've been burned by Alexander O'Neal before when I bought his first album that contained a jam I love called "Innocent". The rest of the album is slow and midtempo. I'm thinking the Christmas album might be the same way.

vainandy said:

Sleigh Ride is the Jam. Boy would I love to get my hands on the Christmas album. Damn, they need to re-rerelease that album.

Hotlegs said:

Not hip to his My Gift To You release. (available online)
But if you want to get Sleigh Ride, find a DJ copy of Fake that just has the instrumental track.

Then just sing the Sleigh Ride lyrics over that.
(sounds like the same instrumental track)

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

Cool.Thank you TA for the info.

sextonseven said:

Just brought back this thread to say, hey I bought that compilation and it is super cool.



oh and I tinkered around with my tracklist... anyone else made a cd-r of christmas tunes yet?

01. De La Soul "Simply" (40sec intro, samples "Wonderful Christmastime")
02. Paul McCartney "Wonderful Christmastime"
03. Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas"
04. Eurythmics "Winter Wonderland"
05. Wham! "Last Christmas"
06. The Waitresses "Christmas Wrapping"
07. Kurtis Blow "Christmas Rappin'"
08. Run-DMC "Christmas In Hollis"
09. Donny Hathaway "This Christmas"
10. Milly And Silly "Gettin Down At Xmas"
11. Mariah Carey "All I Want For Christmas Is You (So So Def Remix)"
12. The Smashing Pumpkins "Christmastime"
13. Destiny's Child "This Christmas"
14. TLC "Sleigh Ride"
15. Stevie Wonder "What Christmas Means To Me"
16. The Temptations "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
17. The Supremes "My Favorite Things"
18. Dean Martin "Let It Snow"